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TN: Jayalalithaa orders probe into Dalit killing
Meenakshi MahadevanMeenakshi Mahadevan, CNN-IBN
Updated Sep 12, 2011 at 11:08pm IST
Chennai: A day after the police firing incident that killed six people
in Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram District, the situation on Monday
still seemed tense but under control with the prohibitory orders under
Section 144 still in place.
Ramanathapuram District Collector Arun Roy said, "At present the
situation is under control. Following the firing, there were isolated
instances of stone pelting etc but by yesterday evening normalcy was
restored. We are prepared for anymore acts of violence. We hope
nothing happens but we are prepared for it."
There was a meeting in memory of Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran that
turned bloody on Sunday afternoon. When the situation went out of
control, the police resorted to lathicharge and tear gas and then
opened fire.
G Gunasekaran, who lost his father in the firing, said, "My father had
come to distribute invitations for my wedding. He was going to my
uncle's house and was crossing the place of gathering when he got
caught in the crossfire and was shot."
The police department has come under sharp criticism - so much that
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who had initially defended them was forced
to order a judicial probe.
"The protestors indulged in largescale violence and torched police
vehicles. Police opened fire in self defense to protect public
property. The protestors were dirupting law and order...political
gains of some persons," Jayalalithaa said.
However, not everyone is blaming the police. Some eye witnesses say
that the police was patient and trying to calm the crowd.
"If not for the police the protest would have spread into the whole
town and everything would have been burnt and ruined," said an eye
witness.
Even as several questions are being raised on the police's proactive
decision and timing of detaining John Pandian, which was the actual
cause behind the whole incident, for the moment normalcy seems to have
returned to this already communally sensitive area.
With Jayalilathaa now announcing the revival of peace committees in
each district, the locals are hopeful that communal clashes will soon
become a thing of the past.
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